Sanitary seat cover and dispensing cabinet therefor



Jan. 11, 1938. wu 2,105,133

SANITARY SEAT COVER AND DISPENSING CABINET THEREFOR Filed Dec. 17, I936 2 Sheets-Sheet l "nventor A iiorneys Jan. 11, 1938.

A. E. WllTALA SANITARY SEAT COVER AND DISPENSING CABINET THEREFOR Filed Dec. 17, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ita) Inventor ZE M772 kc A iiorneys Patented Jan. 11, 1938 'ISANITARY PATENT OFFECB SEAT COVER AND DISPENSING CABINET THEREFOR Arvo E. :Wiitala, Ashtabula, Ohio Application December 1.7, 1936, Serial No. 116,414

" ijomim. (01. 312) invention'irelates to improvements seat covers, particularly inlcovers' for the seats :of toilets or the like and-Ialso,*to improvements in dispensing cabinets for "suchctypes of covers; and

the inventionitogether with its objects and advantages will 'be :best :understood from :a study of the following "description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings *Whereint- Figure lYis a front elevational view illustrating a suggested relative location of the dispensing cabinet, hopper andtflush tank. 1

Figure2is'averticalfsectional view through the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a top'plan view of the cabinet.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of rod. i V

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the cabinet.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail sectional view through the upper portion of the cabinet showing the manner of supporting one end of a rod within the cabinet.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that in accordance with the present invention two cover members are to be employed for each proper covering of the toilet seat. The cover members will be complemental to one another, each being of a size, shape and dimension to cover approximately one half of the toilet seat.

In the drawings the toilet seat cover members are indicated generally by the reference numeral 5 and each consists of a sheet of destructible material such as for example, tissue paper or the like. Each cover member 5 has an edge contour corresponding substantially to the edge contour of substantially one-half of a conventional toilet seat. At one end thereof each cover member 5 is provided with an opening 6, while at the relatively opposite end thereof, which latter end will terminate at the front end of one half section of the toilet seat proper, there is provided a tongue extension 1.

The cover members 5 are stored in a dispensing receptacle 8 provided therefor.

The receptacle 8 in vertical cross section and in end elevation is of a shape corresponding substantially to the shape of each of the cover members 5, or in other-words is of a shape corresponding substantially to the shape of one half of a conventional toilet seat.

Further, the dispensing cabinet 8 includes an inclined bottom wall 9, vertical front and rear walls III, II, a straight vertical side wall 12 and a suspension a side wall l3 which latter conforms somewhat to theouter edge contour of a toilet seat;

The receptacle or container '8 is open at its top and for the top of the container or receptacle there is provided a suitably constructed remov able top or cover member M, 1 i

For supporting the respective opposite ends of.- a suspension rod l5, front wall it and rear wall H are respectively formed at their upper ends as at 16 and I1 respectively to present vertical grooves opening vat the top of the receptacle-so that :the member l5 trained through the openings 6 in the cover member 5 may be placed into the v container or receptacle through the top thereof,

and with the respective opposite ends of the rod l5 engaged in the grooves I6, I! said rod will be supported at an incline and in a manner to suspend the cover member 5 within the receptacle.

The rod I5 being inclined toward the front [0 of the container or cabinet it will be apparent that the members 5 will have a tendency to slide toward the front II] of the cabinet or receptacle to successively align with a slot I8 that extends from a point substantially midway of the top and bottom of the wall l3 of the cabinet downwardly to and across bottom wall 9 to terminate at a point upwardly from the lower edge of wall 12. Through the provision of this slot the cover members 5 may be individually and successively removed from the cabinet or receptacle 8.

To facilitate the removal of each of the cover members 5 the front wall I!) is provided adjacent the bottom thereof with an opening I9 through which a finger may be passed to engage the extension I in a manner to exert a downward thrust on a cover member 5 for forcing the lower end of the latter through the slot l8 where it may be grasped with the other hand of the user and pulled through the slot l 8 to complete the removal of the cover member from the dispensing cabinet or casing.

As suggested in Figures 2 and 5, the material from which the cover members 5 are formed may be relatively stiff, or treaded with some material as to render these cover members stiff so that the side edges thereof may be bent downwardly to provide side flanges 20 and to otherwise give the cover member the cross-sectional shape suggested in Figure 2. When so shaped and constructed it will be seen that each cover member will, as it were, positively unite itself with its half of the toilet seat so as not to'be easily displaced. However, where the cover members are so constructed cover members particularly designed for each of the two halves of a toilet seat would be necessary. This would also require the use of two cabinets one cabinet for each type of seat cover.

However, this expense may be dispensed with by having the cover members 5 flat throughout their entire dimensions so that they can be reversed to accommodate a selected half of the toilet seat cover.

It will be also understood that the dispensing cabinet 8 is secured to the wall of the toilet-room preferably at one side of the flush tank 2| through the medium of fastening screws or the like 22. To accommodate these screws 22, the rear wall H is suitably apertured and is also provided with an extension Ila that is apertured and provides an attaching flange through the medium of which and one of the screws 22 a positive securing of the cabinet in position on the wall can be effected.

It will also be noted, that in order to preclude misplacement of the cover l4 there is provided for the latter an anchoring chain or other flexible element that is anchored at one end to the wall l2 and at a relatively opposite end to the lid or cover I4.

Also to close the upper end of the slot IT the lid or cover I4 is provided with a tongue or extension Ma as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3.

Also in forming the openings 6 in cover members 5 struck-out tongues 6a are provided and which are folded downwardly against the inner faces of the cover members to cooperate with the tongues I for uniformly spacing the cover members on the rods l5 as clearly shown in Figure 2.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility and advantages of an invention of this character will be had without a more detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:- i

In an apparatus of the character described, a dispensing container comprising a bottom wall disposed at an angle to the horizontal, side and end walls rising from said bottom wall, one of said side walls being curved outwardly toward the top to provide an increase in width at the top of the container to accommodate a plurality of segmental seat covers conformably fitted in the container, a removable cover member for the top of said container, said container being provided with internal grooves at the upper ends of the end walls of the container, a suspension rod having its respective opposite ends arranged in said grooves and from which the seat covers are suspended and said container being provided with a slotted opening extending entirely across the bottom adjacent its lowermost portion, said slotted opening also extending upwardly from the bottom of each of the side walls into the increased width of the upper portion of the container to facilitate removal of the wider end of the seat cover through the opening.

ARVO E. WIITALA. 

